A young cheetah died when it was hit by a speeding Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus, on Tirumala ghat road, in Tirupati.
Vehicle drivers were shocked to see the dead body of the cheetah on the road side and informed the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) vigilance officials. They came and took away the dead cheetah. It will be handed over to the forest officials and a post mortem will be conducted tomorrow, they said. Leopard and cheetah movements have become common on the ghats.